Five-Factor Measure of Borderline Personality Traits |
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| Authors: | Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt Maryanne Edmundson Shannon Sauer-Zavala Donald R. Lynam Joshua D. Miller Thomas A. Widiger |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , Oklahoma State University;2. Department of Psychology , University of Kentucky;3. Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders , Boston University;4. Department of Psychological Sciences , Purdue University;5. Department of Psychology , University of Georgia |
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| Abstract: | This study provides psychometric data for a new self-report measure of borderline personality traits from the perspective of the Five-factor model (FFM) of general personality. Subscales were constructed in an undergraduate sample (n = 109) to assess maladaptive variants of 12 FFM traits (e.g., Affective Dysregulation as a maladaptive variant of FFM Vulnerability). On the basis of data from a second undergraduate sample (n = 111), the Five Factor Borderline Inventory (FFBI) subscales were shown to have good internal consistency, convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity. These psychometric results were replicated in a clinical sample of female residents at a substance abuse treatment facility (n = 94). |
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